Catalyst::Request::REST - A REST-y subclass of Catalyst::Request
if ( $c->request->accepts('text/x-json') ) { ... } my $types = $c->request->accepted_content_types();
This is a subclass of Catalyst::Request that adds a few methods to the request object to faciliate writing REST-y code. Currently, these methods are all related to the content types accepted by the client.
Catalyst::Request
If the request went through the Deserializer action, this method will returned the deserialized data structure.
accepted_content_types
Returns an array reference of content types accepted by the client.
The list of types is created by looking at the following sources:
Content-type header
If this exists, this will always be the first type in the list.
content-type parameter
If the request is a GET request and there is a "content-type" parameter in the query string, this will come before any types in the Accept header.
Accept header
This will be parsed and the types found will be ordered by the relative quality specified for each type.
If a type appears in more than one of these places, it is ordered based on where it is first found.
preferred_content_type
This returns the first content type found. It is shorthand for:
$request->accepted_content_types->[0]
accepts($type)
Given a content type, this returns true if the type is accepted.
Note that this does not do any wildcard expansion of types.
Adam Jacob <adam@stalecoffee.org>, with lots of help from mst and jrockway
You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.
2 POD Errors
The following errors were encountered while parsing the POD:
=over should be: '=over' or '=over positive_number'
You can't have =items (as at line 47) unless the first thing after the =over is an =item
You forgot a '=back' before '=head1'
To install Catalyst::Action::REST, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Catalyst::Action::REST
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Catalyst::Action::REST
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.